| Team Halfords Bikehut | |
| Code: | HBH |
| Registered: | United Kingdom |
| Disbanded: | 2009 |
| Generalmanager: | Dave Brailsford |
| Discipline: | Road with also riders active on the track |
| Bicycles: | Boardman Bike[1] |
| Status: | UCI Women's Team |
| Teamname: | 2008 Team Halfords Bikehut |
| Onedaywins: | Road: 4 Track: 3 |
| Stageraceoverall: | 0 |
| Stageracestages: | 2 |
| Series: | UCI Team |
| Rank: | 10th |
| Bestrider: | Nicole Cooke (4th) |
Team Halfords Bikehut was a 2008 UCI elite women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom. The team was formed in January 2008 with Dave Brailsford, performance director of British Cycling, the general manager. It had been a pro/national team mooted as the first full British professional women's team[2] but there were two men in the team (Rob Hayles and Tom Southam). The team was in 2009 not an UCI Women's Teams anymore and consisted of a mix of mountain bikers and road racers (mainly men): Rob Hayles, Ed Clancy, Ian Wilkinson, Andy Tennant, Mark McNally, Rob Partridge, Seb Batchelor, David Fletcher, Annie Last, Sharon Laws, Ian Bibby. The team disbanded ahead of the 2010 season, with a number of riders moving to the Scottish-based Endura Racing team.
The team helped train some of the UK's medal-winning cyclists such as Nicole Cooke, who said: "Setting up Team Halfords was crucial to my success,".[3]
Ages as of 1 January 2008.[4] [5]
See also: 2008 in women's road cycling.
| Date | Nation | Race | Cat. | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May | Stage 1 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin | 2.2 | Nicole Cooke | ||
| 9 September | Stage 1 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche | 2.2 | Nicole Cooke |
| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March |  Joanna Rowsell Wendy Houvenaghel(with Rebecca Romero) | |||
| 28 June | Nicole Cooke | |||
| 10 August | – | Nicole Cooke | ||
| 7 September | Nicole Cooke | |||
| September | Lizzie Armitstead Katie Colclough Joanna Rowsell | |||
| 7 September | Lizzie Armitstead | |||
| 27 September | Nicole Cooke |
| Date | Race | Country | Best rider | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong World Cup | - | - | |||
| Nicole Cooke | 20th | ||||
| Tour of Flanders for Women | Nicole Cooke | 16th | |||
| Ronde van Drenthe | - | - | |||
| La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | Nicole Cooke | 8th | |||
| Tour de Berne | - | - | |||
| Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal | - | - | |||
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | - | - | |||
| Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT | - | - | |||
| GP de Plouay – Bretagne | - | - | |||
| Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt | - | - |
| Date | Race | Rider | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March | Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit | Joanna Rowsell Wendy Houvenaghel (with Rebecca Romero) | ||
| 29 March | Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race | Lizzie Armitstead | 19th | |
| 30 March | Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch | Lizzie Armitstead | 7th | |
| 10 August | ||||
| 3 September | European Track Championships – Women's omnium | Ellen van Dijk | ||
| September | European Track Championships – Women's under-23 team pursuit | Lizzie Armitstead Katie Colclough Joanna Rowsell | ||
| 6 September | European Track Championships – Women's under-23 individual pursuit | Joanna Rowsell | ||
| 7 September | European Track Championships – Women's under-23 scratch | Lizzie Armitstead Ex aequo with Ellen van Dijk | ||
| 6 September | European Track Championships – Women's under-23 points race | Lizzie Armitstead | ||
| 24 September | Road World Championships – Women's road race[7] |
See main article: 2008 UCI Women's Road World Rankings.
The team finished 10th in the UCI ranking for teams.[8]
| Rider | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 536 | ||
| 143 | Sharon Laws | 28 | |
| 185 | Joanna Rowsell | 16 | |
| 210 | Jessica Allen | 12 | |
| 241 | 10 |